Crown of Thorns' Church (), located at 67 Texaco Road, is an
Anglican church in
Hong Kong. It forms a
parish in the
Diocese of Western Kowloon under
Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui. The
vicar of the parish is Jonathan Chee, who is also the current General Secretary of the
Diocese of Western Kowloon.
Crown of Thorns
In Christianity, the Crown of Thorns, one of the instruments of the
Passion, was the woven
chaplet
Chaplet may refer to:
* Chaplet (headgear), a wreath or garland for the head
* Chaplet (prayer), a string of prayer beads and the associated prayer
* Chaplet (metallurgy), a metal form to hold a core in place
See also
* Wreath (attire)
* Ukraini ...
of thorn branches worn by
Jesus before his
crucifixion. It is mentioned in the
Gospels of
Matthew
Matthew may refer to:
* Matthew (given name)
* Matthew (surname)
* ''Matthew'' (ship), the replica of the ship sailed by John Cabot in 1497
* ''Matthew'' (album), a 2000 album by rapper Kool Keith
* Matthew (elm cultivar), a cultivar of the Ch ...
(
Matthew 27:29),
Mark (
Mark 15
Mark 15 is the fifteenth chapter of the Gospel of Mark in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. This chapter records the narrative of Jesus' passion, including his trial before Pontius Pilate and then his crucifixion, death and entombment ...
:17), and
John (
John 1919:2, 5) and is often alluded to by the early Christian Fathers, such as
Clement of Alexandria,
Origen, and others.
John the Evangelist describes it thus (
KJV, ch. 19):
History
The Church was found in 1965.
[40th anniversary magazine] The first
vicar was
Peter Kwong, the former
Archbishop of Hong Kong.
Educational institutions served by the Church
*
SKH Lam Woo Memorial Secondary School
* SKH Chu Oi Primary School
* SKH Chu Yan Primary School
* SKH Ho Chak Wan Primary School
* SKH Tsing Yi Chu Yan Primary School
* SKH Tsing Yi Estate Ho Chak Wan Primary School
* SKH Yan Laap Memorial Primary School
* SKH Yan Laap Primary School
See also
*
Anglicanism
Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of the ...
*
Diocese of Western Kowloon
*
Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui
References
External links
SKH Crown of Thorns' Church
{{Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui
Tsuen Wan District
Anglican Diocese of Western Kowloon
Anglican church buildings in Hong Kong